The Green Bay Packers, who lead the league in scoring (515 points) this year, can crack the top-five for most points scored in one season in NFL history if they record at least 11 points against the Detroit Lions this Sunday, in a game where the team could sit a number of starters for an extended period of time, including quarterback Aaron Rodgers.

PACKERS:

QB AARON RODGERS is 1st Packer & 4th player in NFL history to pass for 45+ TDs in season. Leads NFL with 122.5 rating, which would be best in NFL history. Has 13 games with 100+ rating, most in season all-time

WR JORDY NELSON has career-highs in catches (59), yards (1,101) & TDs (12). 6 of his TDs have been 35+ yards. WR DONALD DRIVER is 1st Packer with 10,000 (10,008) rec. yards. WR JAMES JONES had 65-yard TD in last meeting. Had 2 TDs last week.

Clinched 1st playoff berth since 1999…Have won 4 games after trailing by 13+ points, most in NFL history

QB MATTHEW STAFFORD has passed for 4,518 yards & team-record 36 TDs, 2nd youngest QB in NFL history to pass for 4,000+ yards & 30+ TDs in season (HOFer DAN MARINO). His 4,518 yards & 36 TDs are most in franchise history. Team is 10-0 when he has 100+ rating

Green Bay closes out the 2011 regular season with an NFC North tilt against the Detroit Lions at Lambeau Field this Sunday.

The Packers clinched home-field advantage throughout the NFC playoffs with a win over the Bears this past Sunday. It marks the first time Green Bay will be the top seed in the conference since 1996.

The Packers set a franchise record for the most wins in the regular season with their 14th victory. That topped the 13-win totals posted by the team in 1962, 1996, 1997 and 2007. Green Bay will try to become just the sixth team in NFL history to finish 15-1 or better.

Sunday will be the first time in the history of the series that both the Packers and Lions will enter the game with double-digit win totals.

This will be the 11th time that the franchises have met in a regular-season finale and just the fourth time (1939, ’45, ’93) that both clubs have had winning records when they played in the final regular-season contest.

This marks the third time that Green Bay has closed the season with a home contest vs. Detroit under Head Coach Mike McCarthy (also 2007 and 2008). It will be the first time the Packers have played on New Year’s Day since the 2005 season when they hosted the Seattle Seahawks.

No other NFL teams have played every year since 1932, when the Packers and the Lions, then known as the Portsmouth (Ohio) Spartans, began their yearly home-and-home series.

The rivalry actually kicked off in 1930 at City Stadium in Green Bay, a 47-13 Packers win. Some two seasons later, the teams began a yearly series. Sunday marks meeting No. 165 in the all-time series.

Now rivals in the NFC North, the Packers own a 90-65-7 (.580) advantage over the Lions in the regular season and have won both playoff matchups.

Green Bay has a 10-1 mark against the Lions under McCarthy. Overall, Green Bay has won 19 of the last 22 games in the series.

The Packers have won 20 straight games against the Lions in the state of Wisconsin (including ’94 playoff game). The streak started with Green Bay’s win over the Lions at County Stadium in Milwaukee on Dec. 6, 1992.

Green Bay’s 19-game regular-season home winning streak against Detroit is the longest streak in the NFL, one game ahead of Washington’s 18-game home winning streak against the Lions.

Sunday is the last of three holiday games for the Packers, who played at Detroit on Thanksgiving and hosted Chicago this past Sunday on Christmas. Green Bay is the only team in NFL history to play on all three holidays in the same season.

HOME COOKING

The Packers have won 12 straight contests at Lambeau Field and 18 of their last 19 at home. It is the fifth-longest home winning streak by Green Bay in the regular season in franchise history and the longest current home winning streak in the NFL.

Green Bay’s 18-1 (.947) home mark since Week 10 of 2009 ranks No. 1 in the NFL over that span, ahead of New England (17-1, .944).

The Packers are off to their first 7-0 start at home since 2002. That season, Green Bay went on to post a perfect 8-0 mark at Lambeau Field.

The Packers are one of only three teams in the league that are unbeaten at home this season (Baltimore, 7-0; New Orleans, 7-0).

Green Bay is averaging 39.4 points per game at home this season (No. 2 in the NFL). The Packers’ franchise record is 38.0 ppg at home in 1942.

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